• FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “Stop complaining, pissant, it could be worse” - most abusive situations

    The “it could be worse” Olympics is the game of the complacent. You may be complacent. Are you?

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      1 year ago

      In some things yes and I’m fighting it, it’s more about understanding well how your situation evaluates among possible ones.

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        1 year ago

        That’s fair. In that case, with that reasoning, it seems less like you’re being pessimistic and more like you’re trying to be realistic. I would caution though, reality isn’t ALL negative, though the neutrality and negativity inside of it can always be improved. Heck, even most positives in reality can often be improved.

        Personally, I think the Olympics game tends to start when focus becomes too great on one specific aspect, which leads to what is essentially a one upmanship of situational comparison, but that’s all I really wanted to poke at.

        Thanks for the even response! Sometimes me phrasing stuff like that starts fights even though I only want to poke a little bit. In any case, I hope your day goes well!

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          11 months ago

          Sometimes me phrasing stuff like that starts fights even though I only want to poke a little bit.

          Same here.

          Good day to you too.